So how about that Super Bowl? Given that your faithful recap writer isn't a particular fan of football, we largely missed the festivities, but that doesn't mean we weren't able to indulge in the commercials or partake of the requisite pizza and snacks just the same. It wasn't quite the same without an Apple commercial, but thankfully we've got some Cupertino-related news to kick off the post-Super Bowl week ahead...

Not Cool, Man: Amazon Weighs $20-40 Increase for Prime

The Verge reported Thursday that e-tailer Amazon.com is currently "considering" a price increase for its Prime subscription service, which has cost $79 per year since its inception. Of course, that was when the service offered only free two-day shipping on millions of items sold by the website -- in the nine years since, Amazon has made a huge push into streaming videos and TV shows as well as offering additional e-book lending perks to Kindle owners. During the company's most recent fourth quarter earnings call last week, executives flirted with the idea of raising Amazon Prime by $20 to $40 per year -- an amount that would still be a bargain for frequent shoppers, but a hard pill to swallow as the cost of nearly everything seems to be rising.

Aereo Hits Full Capacity in New York City, Now "Sold Out"

DSLReports.com reported Friday that upstart over-the-air television provider now finds itself in another conundrum that doesn't involve broadcasters trying to sue it: The company has "sold out" of available capacity in New York. Currently available in 11 markets, an Aereo spokesperson confirmed the freeze on new signups in the region, calling it "strictly a capacity issue" the company is working hard to fix after "strong growth" in New York and other available markets. "Our team has been working overtime to add more capacity in our existing markets," Aereo said. "As soon as additional capacity is added, new consumers will be notified that they can sign up and create an Aereo account."

Marvel Unleashes API for Huge Comic Book Archive

Marvel Entertainment announced Friday that the superhero maker has debuted a new application programming interface (API) for developers, giving them access to "portions of Marvel's comic data," which can be used on personal, non-commercial websites and applications. The API offers fans access to more than 30,000 comic books and 7,000 total series from Marvel's 75-year history, including cover art and characters that can be now be used in unique ways. To get started, head to Marvel's new Developer Portal and sign up for access today.

Survey Claims Russian 3G Networks Unprepared for Olympics

Heading to Sochi, Russia, for the Olympics this week? You might want to prepare yourself for sketchy 3G internet access. According to Skyfire, a survey of Russian mobile networks conducted in conjunction with OpenSignal and On Device Research finds them ill-prepared for the crush of users about to arrive, with more than one-third of videos "subject to stalling and buffering" and more than a quarter resulting in "significant" stalling of 10 percent or more of playback time. And that's before millions descend upon the sleepy town on the Black Sea -- imagine how service will be once social-network-lovers start tweeting, posting and sharing their way through each event.

PushMail App Finally Shuts Down Servers

This is the end: PushMail developer Simon Patarin shut down the servers powering his app over the weekend, two long years after removing the title from the App Store due to a lack of proper resources to support users. PushMail was the first iPhone application to use Apple's push notifications for email, but hadn't been updated since iOS 5, although it continued to work for us and many others. "PushMail servers are now shut down; two years after the app was removed from the AppStore," Patarin announced on the PushMail website over the weekend. "Forwarded emails will start to bounce on March 1st 2014. Remember to stop sending them!" Is that the sound of "Taps" we're hearing?